Senator H F Virginia Calls Consolidation For Savings
Senator H F of Virginia urges consolidation of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation and FHA to cut overlapping functions and save about 24.5 million annually. He cites 47 million in expenses with 20 thousand workers and argues for broader reorganization to reduce executive payroll and administrative costs. The plan aims to bring full floor discussion and follow-on economy bills.
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Era Housing Administration
Washington
H. F
Virginia
Senate
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Federa Ineet Ets
FHA
Almanac 1937: Unadvertised, Informative, Family Tool
The Washington Information Bureau reports record mail for Uncle Sam's Almanac 1937. Complied mainly from government sources, it offers 115 topics including a 200 year calendar, household hints, etiquette, letter writing tips, and political economic data. Ten cents postpaid with coupon.
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Washington Information Bureau
Capitol Hill Week In Review Highlights Key Committee Actions
The Senate and House conduct routine business with multiple committees active. Civil liberties probes Harlan county coal fields. judiciary weighs government court bill. finance eyes salary publication rule for corporations earning 15000 plus. anti war profits study ends. interstate commerce opens petroleum conservation hearings. agriculture reviews sugar quotas. rivers and harbors press Florida ship projects. education aid bill for Harrison Black Fletcher discussed. House passes minor District of Columbia bill. Senate recesses for late Senator Bachman.
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Associated Press
Senate
Civil Liberties Committee
Harlan County
Judiciary Committee
Military
Interstate Commerce Committee
Agriculture Committee
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Florida
Harrison- Black- Fletcher
House
District of Columbia
Bachman
D-Tenn
Shirley Temple at Hable's Palace Offered Today and Wed
The screen’s biggest young star Shirley Temple appears in Little Miss Marker at Hable's Palace today and Wednesday. The film features Adolphe Menjou and Charles Bickford with a Fox News Reel as a supplement.
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Shirley Temple
Hable’s Palace
Miss Marker
Palace Theatre
Adolphe Menjou
Charles Bickford
Fox News
Cumming Holds Classroom Style Press Conference
Washington April 27 Attorney General Cumming conducts a formal press briefing in a walnut paneled room. Reporters file in as he explains trust busting and answers questions about the slain FBI agent, while Colonel Gates passes cigars to all.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Cumming
Bob Gates
Mr. Cummings
Nation
Federal Bureau of Investigating
Central Police Training School Set for June at Richmond
A two week central school for police recruits and applicants will be held at the University of Richmond starting June 21. The Virginia police executives association and the League of Virginia Municipalities organize with the state division of trade and industrial education. Invitations go to police chiefs sergeants sheriffs and applicants who have not completed the standard three year course in the 17 zone training schools conducted statewide in 1932 1934.
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Richmond
University of Richmond
Virginia Police Executives Association
League of Virginia Municipalities
State Division of Trade and Industrial Educa
Abe M. Schewel
Lynchburg
Municipalities League
James H. Boice
Harrisonburg
Virginia Police Executives’ Association
Apples of U S In Good Condition
Washington dispatch reports broadly favorable apple prospects across major regions. Winter damage was light or negligible in many states with heavy snow last season and recovery seen in weakened trees. California Utah Oregon and Montana show good moisture and potential. Colorado and New England outlook varies by local conditions.
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Washington
New England
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Jersey
Central States
Western States
Oregon
California
Utah
Montana
Britain urged defense bond purchase as Spain clash grows
Britain asked citizens to buy 500 million dollars worth of defense bonds and announced a 100 million pound issue to fund national defense. In parallel, the Foreign Office urged diplomatic action against the Spanish insurgents after interference with British ships, with battleships escorting food ships toward Bilbao and a dispute over the three to six mile limit on the high seas.
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London
Great Britain
Xle
Salamanca
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Foreign Office
Henry G. Chilton
Spain
Bilbao
Britain
British Foreign Office
Franco
Sir Henry
Almirante Cervera
Santander
Shropshire
Oak Grove
Virtue Is Discovered In Stars
Hollywood gossip column notes actors evaluating personal flaws and virtues as they defend individuality. Claudette Colbert says condescension hides vanity. Preston Foster defends unconventional dress. Joan Fontaine recalls Hepburn aid. Melvyn Douglas urges outside interests. Ga ry Cooper and George Raft discuss sensitivity. Anne Shirley cites jealousy as a chief fault.
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Homer McCoy
Hollywood
Claudette Colbert
Preston Foster
Foster
Joan Fontaine
Olivia de Havilland
Katharine Hepburn
Miss Fontaine
Melvyn Douglas
Humorous yarn on sea lore from aWellsville passenger
A traveler from Wellsville Ohio recalls a liner voyage and a captain who wowed passengers with seafaring tales. He jokes the ocean floor rises from bottles thrown overboard, mocking researchers and offering a naive common sense explanation.
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Wellsville
Ohio
American News Features, Inc
Quotes on prosperity and virtue from film personalities
Bert Wheeler laments prosperity and seeks saving ideas. Gene Raymond calls virtue staying true while warning against self importance. Parkyakarkus criticizes film people for overworking, yet mocks their wealth as a sign of goodness.
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Gene Raymond
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